For the first time you cook this pot roast--- Place lid on dutch oven and bake in 285 degree oven for 2 hrs. 15 minutes. Test it to see if it is to your tenderness. If not, cook up to 3 hours long. At that point, it will be falling apart tender and juicy.

*NOTE*
In the middle of the cooking process, turn your roast over so all sides of your roast has been cooked the same.

After your first time of cooking a 3 lb Pot Roast to your desired tenderness, 1 hr and 10 minutes before your roast is through cooking, turn your meat over and add vegetables-- such as baby carrots, cabbage wedges, new potatoes. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper to your taste.)